Approximately 90% to 95% of hip fractures are the result of a fall. What are the risk factors for falls? There are several factors that can increase the risk of a fall. These risk factors for falls include: lower body weakness problems with gait and balance poor vision impaired hearing use of multiple (4 or more) medications a previous history of falls Knowing your personal risk for falls can help you take steps to prevent falls and the potential for a fall-related
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program. In the languages that do not support exception handling‚ errors must be checked and handled manually‚ usually through the use of error codes. In contrast‚ Java: 1) provides syntactic mechanisms to signal‚ detect and handle errors 2) ensures a clean separation between the code executed in the absence of errors and the code to handle various kinds of errors 3) brings run-time error management into object-oriented programming Exception Handling An exception is an object that describes an exceptional
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COMPLAINT HANDLING Complaints 1. What causes people to complain? Why they don’t complain? Why do complaints occur? Complaints occur due to: - ← Delay ← Bad product ← Bad service ← Wrong/Incomplete Information ← A promise that is not kept 2. Why complaints need to be handled? ← Increase brand loyalty ← Improve on quality ← To gain an edge over the competitor ← To retain customers ← To stop unsatisfied customer from spreading bad word of mouth ← To strengthen the buyer-seller
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be assisted to move‚ but not lifted. When moving and positioning individuals there might be stress on the spine from: ▶ twisting ▶ stooping ▶ Repetitive movement ▶ handling an unpredictable individual ▶ transferring an individual over a long distance. Different muscles work in coordination on the spine when moving and handling activities are being carried out. In health and social care settings‚ practitioners often lean forward to move or position an individual‚ thereby affecting the muscles
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Carers should also be aware of non-verbal signs of pain and discomfort as the person may not be able to communicate their pain verbally. 2.1 the health and saftey at work act affects working practices of moving and handling because it sets out agreed ways of working and approved manual handling techniques and lifts. It states that the employee has a duty of care to look after their own and others safety at work ‚ saftey factors need to be considered when using equipment such as hoist or stand aid and
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Unit 4222-232 1.1 Outline the anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning of individuals. The anatomy which is the physical structure of the body and the physiology which is the normal functions of the body help us to move our limbs. Muscles work like leavers and this allow the bones at a joint to work like hinges. When moving someone it is important to remember that the muscles can only move the joint as far as the bone will
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Europe and U.S.A.: Law Applicable to Front Office The U.S. law system is somewhat interesting‚ at least when looking at it from a perspective of a European. In America most laws are part of the common laws‚ which means they resulted from decisions of judges‚ made after a case has been presented before a court‚ where the jury and the judge decide whether such conduct was appropriate or not‚ after a decision has been made‚ any further conduct that contradicts this ruling is unlawful. Europe‚ like
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The responsibilities for the IT department or also known as the Information Technology department in a business is to assure all systems are functional at all times. The IT department is in charge of the software‚ hardware‚ architecture and the networking of the computers in the company. Employees within the IT department are responsible for different parts of the department. There are the Programmers‚ groups in charge of the Company Website‚ the Technical Support and the Administration. The different
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Manual Handling Short Test Pass Mark 1 10 out of 12 Question What is manual handling? a) b) c) d) Answers Pushing‚ pulling‚ bending‚ stretching‚ lifting Only lifting Using machines Any lifting done by a man 2 Which is the MAIN piece of a) The Electricity at Work Regs 1998 legislation that applies to manual b) The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regs 1998 handling? c) The Manual Handling Operations Regs 1992 d) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 3 What
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